Egg-lifter.



W. o. SANDMANN.

-BGG LIPTER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19l 1910,

1,081,701. Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

4 WIT/VESSES ATTORNEY l WILLIAM vc. sannnsnn, o..

r NEWARK, New quasar,

EGG-*LIFTER noemer.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented nee. 16,1913.

Application filed November 19, 1910. Serial No. 593,185.

Toall'fwhom t may concern -'Be itvlmown that I, WILLIAM C. SAND- MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in thecounty of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Egg-Lifters, of which the following is a specification. j The objects of this invention are to provide an improved lifterV for handling eggs in boiling the same, potatoes in baking or boiling, fruits in canning, sweet 'corn or other vegetables in cooking, sponges or cloths in washing jars or cans, and similar purposes; to secure a simple and cheap construction, which shall enable the lifter t0 grasp andI hold a large y.variety of objects, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description. v

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

the sameparts throughout the several figures, Figure 1 is a perspective viewof' my improved lifter, and Fig. 2 is aside eleva tion of the same grasping an egg` In said drawings,1, 1 indicate two resilient arms which tend to separate but can be readily pressed toward each other by grasping with the hand as indicated in dotted lines at 10 in Fig. 2. Preferably said arms 1, 1

of a loop 4 and claspir/ig its extremity aboutv the arm as at 5. Preferably, thefwire is bent in one direction to formfthe loop on one arm, and in the other direction to form the loop on the other arm, as shown in the drawings. Said loops of course lie in planes substantially transverse to the direction of movement of the arms l, and are adapted to approach each other latwise when the said arms are pressed together. The arms are not exactly opposite in edge view of the lifter, but depart suiiciently from such position to bring the jaws 3, 3 opposite each other, which is more essential. The result of this is that in which like numerals ofreference indicate the handle portions of the arms 1, 1 diverge at a small angle from each other so that a they are not only more easily grasped in the hand, but furthermore there is a tendency to throw the two loops laterally with respect to each other and .better hold' the egg or sleeves are formed at the ends of said strips 6 inolosing the wire ofthe loop at its opposite ends between the rounded corners, said sleeves being long enough to prevent their sliding around said corners. These strips are not straight, but are bowed or curved out of the planes of their loops in directions away from each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The jaws 3, 31thus provide facing pockets or cavities into which an article grasped by them may project to prevent its escape.

The construction is simple and cheap, and

at the same time very'elective. The strips 6, 6 cannot slip sidewise and become displaced, because of the curvature of the wire of the loops, and the strips in turn hold the ends of wire which are' bent around the arms at 7 and 8 from slipping. This holding is necessary because the loops 5 are upon substantially straight portions ofI the arms l, and said arms do not oii'er any resistance to the sliding of said loops. It will be noted that the arms l, 1 are substantially straight practically to the extreme end of the lifter away fromthe coil 2, and that the loops 4.-, 4t, extend rearwardly from said extremity along the sides of the arms. This construction tends to' simplicity and ease of manufacture and reduces the cost of the article very materially Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

An article of the character described, comprising substantially straight wire arms, the wire being bent laterally at the end of each arm and returned in the form 'of a closed loop with rounded corners and clasped at its extremity loosely around the arm, the two loops thus formed lying in substantially parallel planes transverse to the -direction of movement of the arms toward and away from each other, a 'strip of sheet-metal eX; tending across each loop in the direction of the length of the arm and bowed out'J ofthe' plane of the loop away from the other loopa the ends of each strip being Wrapped around Jnhe Wire of its loop at the middles of the ends "thereof and forming straight sleeves thereon, said strips holding the clasped ends of the loops against sliding along the arms 10 find having their own sleeve-like ends held from said loops so as to swing toward endaway frein each other.

"WILLIAM C. SANDMANN.

' Witneses: i l

RUSSELL M.- EVERETT, n FRANCES E. BLODGETT. 

